Speed indicator



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Application May 22, 1939, Serial No. 275,066

2 Claims.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in speed signalling alarm means for speedometers such as used on automobiles and in fact, other vehicles.

The principal object of the present invention. is to provide an alarm in combination with a speedometer to the end that when the speedometer indicating hand reaches a certain speed designated on the speedometer dial, an electrical alarm circuit will be completed to render to the driver an alarm or signal that he has reached and is about to exceed a certain speed.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a speed alarm for speedometers which can be set to operate at any speed desired.

These and various other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a front elevational view of a speedometer and the contact adjusting means.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the instrument board and dial.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the contact assembly.

Figure 6 is a front elevational view of the contact assembly.

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of the contact assembly.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the numeral 5 represents the usual instrument board which has the opening 6 therein for receiving the window 1 for the speedometer dial 8, this window being held in place by the rim 9.

Numeral It] generally refers to the speedometer mechanism of which the housing is denoted by numeral The shaft l2 extends from the speedometer l through an opening in the dial 8 and carries the indicating hand I3.

The dial 8 just above the shaft |2 has the arcuate shaped slot l4 therein and through this projects the tip of the arm Hi, this tip preferably being of insulation and being detachably connected as at IT to the arm l6.

As is shown in Figure 6, numeral l8 denotes a plate of insulation on which is the bar |9 of current conductive material, also the bar 20 of like material. From the latter bar rises the post 2| which has the inwardly disposed arm 22 enlarged 55 at its end overlying the plate l8 as at 23 and being bored to vertically receive the screw bearing 24 which is recessed to receive the upper conical end of the shaft 25. The lower conical end of the shaft 25 is seated in a suitable bearing in the plate Ill.

The arm |6 projects from the shaft 25 and as is 5 shown in Figures 5 and 6, the tip l5 carries a triangular shaped plate 26 serving as a pointer in conjunction with the dial plate 8.

The bars l9 and 20 are riveted as at 21 to the 0 plate l8 and at one end, the bar I9 has the horizontally feedable screw contact 28 which is in the path of the contact member 29 carried by the shaft 25. The contact 29 operates between the contact screw 28 and the stop 30, and a coiled l5 spring 3| having one end secured to the shaft 25 and its opposite end to the lug 32 on the post 2| serves to maintain the shaft 25 normally swung so that the contacts 29 will be engaging the upstanding stop 30 on the plate l8.

The thus described contact assembly generally referred to by numeral 33 is carried by the foot portion 34 of the plate 35 which depends from one end of the link 36. This link operates through the slot 31 in the side of the speed- 25 ometer housing H and is pivotally connected as at 38 to the rocker 39, the arm 39 being rockably secured as at 40 to the substantially triangular shaped plate 4| which has an off-set portion for bearing under the flanged portion 42, to which 30 it is secured by bolts or the like. The forward portion of this plate 4| is provided with a downwardly disposed flange 43 having the arcuate shaped slot 44 therein and this receives the forwardly extending reduced portion 45 of the arm 35 46, and a. knurled nut 41 on the reduced portion 45 can be fed inwardly and against the flange 43 to secure the rocker 39 in any desired position for maintaining the contact 29 in the proper relationship with the dial 8. 40

It can be seen that when the contact assembly 33 is properly set, and the speedometer indicating hand |3 rides against the tip l5 and rotates the shaft 25 slightly, the contact 29 will leave the stop 30 and engage the contact screw 28 with the 45 result that current will flow from the battery 48 along the conductor 49 and jumper 50 to the bar I9 and contact screw 28 and from there by way of the contact 29, and shaft 25 to the spring 3| and post 2| and from there by way of the bar 20 50 and jumper 5| to the buzzer or other alarm means 52, thus apprising the driver of the fact that he has approached and is about to exceed a certain predetermined speed limit.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In combination with a speedometer having a dial and indicating hand, a shiftable contact assembly, said contact assembly including a stationary contact, a movable contact and an arm for actuating the movable contact, said arm being disposed in the path of the indicating hand, said contact assembly including a shaft, said shaft carrying the movable contact and having the arm projecting therefrom, said contact assembly including a plate of insulation, a post extending from the plate of insulation, a spring coiled around the shaft and having one end attached thereto and the other end attached to the post and a stop means on the plate of insulation against which the movable contact can engage.

2. A contact assembly for operating a signal and for attachment to a speedometer shaft having an indicating hand thereon, said assembly comprising a base plate, an angle bracket arising from one side of the plate and overhanging the same, an arm above said plate and having a. front end for engagement by said hand, an arm supporting post upstanding from said plate and having needle point bearings in said plate and bracket, respectively, whereby said arm is mounted for oscillating movement and in one direction under engagement of said end by said hand, a contact screw on said plate, a contact on the rear end of said arm movable into engagement with said screw under movement of said arm in said one direction, a convolute spring fixed to said post and bracket, respectively, and thereby tending to move said arm in the opposite direction, a stop on said plate alongside said contact for limiting movement of said arm in said opposite direction, and means adapted to mount said plate on said shaft with the front end of the arm in the path of movement of said hand and for swinging adjustment of said plate about said shaft into difierent set positions.

WILLIAM SCHEESE. W. WILLARD SCHWAB. 

